"GROUNDWATER . You can't see it, but millions of Californians depend upon it as a vital source of water for their homes and businesses." Those are not my words but the introductory words for the promotional video that appears on the SGMA (Sustainable Groundwater Management Act) website1 . The statement is a rather simply worded way to convey the obvious: that groundwater is vital to our livelihood here in California, and especially important to honoring and sustaining our agricultural heritage. While groundwater provides needed sustenance for numerous rural, as well as urban communities, it is agriculture that demands the lion's share of the resource. Central Valley agriculture turns to groundwater pumping whenever drought or poor rainfall years reduce the availability of surface water deliveries. Cries for construction of more reservoirs to capture and store more stormwater and snowmelt so that canals can be filled with more water are always being heard. Yet, apart f

ATTENTION: The following proposed measures will impact existing groundwater pumpers in the Napa Valley Subbasin. Napa County’s Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) was approved by the California Department of Water Resources on January 26, 2023. The approved GSP identified the need to develop a Water Conservation Workplan and Groundwater Pumping Reduction Workplan. The GSP also identified data gaps in evaluating the depletion of interconnected surface waters and groundwater dependent ecosystems, and proposed the preparation of a workplan to address such data gaps. These three plans have now been prepared by Napa County’s Groundwater Sustainability Agency and are available for public review and comment. All public comments on these three plans are due by January 30, 2024. General information on the scope of the three workplans is below: Groundwater Pumping Reduction Workplan:This plan identifies a goal to achieve a 10 percent reduction (about 15,000 acre feet) in pumping re

The three GSA Boards (Groundwater sustainability agencies) will hold public hearings to review and consider adoption of Groundwater Sustainability Plans on the following dates and times: Sonoma Valley Monday, December 6. The public hearing will begin no earlier than 4:15 p.m. The meeting will be held virtually, via Zoom at https://scwa-ca-gov.zoom.us/j/87939906214?pwd=QXRiRmVtMEFvWjl5cm42VUNkbkpXUT09  Go to https://sonomavalleygroundwater.org to review the GSP and for meeting agenda and materials. Petaluma Valley Wednesday, December 8 The public hearing will begin no earlier than 5:45 p.m. The meeting will be held virtually, via Zoom at https://scwa-ca-gov.zoom.us/j/82780290360?pwd=SVl4Q2hQSWJiTndXeUNZM3FVREYzUT09 Go to https://petalumavalleygroundwater.org to review the GSP and for meeting agenda and materials. Santa Rosa Plain Thursday, December 9 The public hearing will begin no earlier than 1;15 p.m. The meeting will be held virtually, https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8333541972

March 10th – Leawood, Kansas — Agspring, a third-party logistics provider to agricultural supply chains, has named David J. Hammond vice president strategic sales for its Agforce Transport Services subsidiary. He is responsible for overseeing Agforce’s wine and spirits teams to provide logistics solutions for customers in California and elsewhere. “Dave has been a long-term mentor […] The post Agspring Names David J. Hammond VP Strategic Sales appeared first on Wine Industry Advisor. Url:https://wineindustryadvisor.com/2021/03/10/agspring-names-david-j-hammond-vp-strategic-sales?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=agspring-names-david-j-hammond-vp-strategic-sales Published Date:Wed, 10 Mar 2021 19:25:36 +0000